Hernial truss.



'No. 760,615 .PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

F. M. GROLIUS.

HERNIAL TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED Aug. 25, 1902.

I N0 MODEL.

, citizen ofthe United States, residing in Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, and State of culiar construction of certain parts, herein ful Improvements in Trusses; and I hereby relates to properly construct and to use the,

one or more pads for engaging the affected ings, in which- Patented May 24, 1904.

- UNITED. STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

FRANK M. (JROLIUS, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HERNIAL rRuss.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,615, dated'May 24, 1904.

Application filed A g s 25, 1902.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK M. CRoLrUs, a

Minnesota, have invented certain new and usedeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, such as will enable I those skilled in the art to which my invention same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates generally to trusses for hernia, and particularly to that class thereofin which are employed belts, straps, and

parts of the wearer; and it consists in the peillustrated, described, and claimed.

The, objects of my invention are, first, to provide a novel and improved truss -'plate adapted'to universal adjustment of the pad or pads, and, second, to provide a truss-plate equipped with flexible buttons or fasteners by means of which the beltsand straps may be more quickly attached and detached than are those at present in use.

To these ends my invention consists of the appliance shown in the accompanying draw- Figure 1 is a perspective complete; Fig. 2, a front elevation of a portion of the trussplate detached; Fig. ,3, the same, showing a modified form of opening for the attachment of the pad; Fig.4, the same, showing another form of opening; and Fig.5, the same, showing still another form of opening.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, A being the truss-plate, B the belt, 0 the straps, D the pad, E the fastener, and F the clamp-bolt.

The truss-plate A may be made of any suit able material, aluminium being well adapted to the purpose. This plate may be fashionedin any desired form; but I prefer the configuration herein shown, this being best adapted to. the purposes of trusses in general. Itis laterally pierced to-receive the clamp-bolt for securing the pads thereto. These perforations are an important feature of my invenment of the openings of the pads.

openings connected'by a vertical slit. opening (in combination with a slit herein- Serial No. 121,006 (No model.)

' :tion and are so 'configurated as. to provide for universal adjustment and secure attach- I show herein four dilferentforms of openings, either one of which is adapted to the purpose, but

; have a preference asto which form I use v1z., the one shown 1n Figs. land 2.

' In Fig. 1 I show an improved fenestrated truss-plate having afiixed thereto. two pads adapted to application to double rupture, and in all of the figures I show the adaptation of my fenestrations to the purpose of universal adjustment, thereby adapting them for use 1 in all cases of inguinal, 1 ventral hernia.

scrotal, femoral, and

It is apparent that my plates A are also adapted to the use of specially constructed pa'ds adapted to the relief of varicocele. These plates A, 1 fashion of sheet metal, (preferably aluminium,)their general configuration being as herein shown, that form being best adapted I tothe purpose. The novel feature of my truss-plate is the peculiar configuration of the openings therein by means of which I affix my pads thereto. .These openings 60, a, aa and a are each and all adapted to universal adjustment of the pads D, as will be seen by the drawings. The first of these several forms of opening (and the form which I prefer) is shown by a in Figs. 1 and 2. It consists of two horizonttlal T is after described in the pad D) permits of all possible variations in positions of the said pads. ing, a". It consists of three slits crossing each other, or, in other words, an opening having six radial portions. In Fig. 4. I show still another form of opening, M, which opening consists of=a spiral, and in Fig. 5 I show still another form of opening, which consists of a reversed-arranged semicircular slit of the form of a letter S. Any and all of these forms are adapted to the purposes specified, it being -my purpose to provide a single opening in each end of atruss-plate, which opening shall be adapted for adjustment of the pads therewith without removal of the clamp screw therefrom.

In Fig. 3 I show another form of open- The belt B and straps C are not unlike those commonly used, hence need no description herein. So, too, the pads D herein shown are common to trusses of this character and need no detailed description. As herein shown, they consist of ovate blocks adapted to overlie and press upon the affected parts and to prevent displacement. These pads D may be made of metal, rubber, celluloid, or other suitable material. Their flat sides (the sides next the plates A) are respectively provided with plates having transverse slits, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2, 3, i, and 5, underneath which (within the pad) is a longitudinally-movable interiorly-threaded nut, into which the eXteriorly-threaded clamp-bolt F screws to secure the said pad D to the said plate A. This clamp-bolt and nut are common to trusses in general.

The fasteners E, commonly designated as balland-socket fasteners, constitute an independent invention and are in daily use for many purposes, are especially adapted to, but, so far as my knowledge extends, have never been used for, the purpose of connecting belts and straps to truss.-plates,and I therefore claim their application to this purpose. Their construction is so generally known that I do not deem it necessary to specify it herein. The ball or male portion f of these fasteners I afiix in my plate substantially as herein shown, three in each end of the plate, the four upper ones being adapted to attachment to the belt A and the two lower ones, 6 b, being adapted to the attachment of the straps C.

The belt A is equipped at each end with adjustable clasps or buckles d, to each of which are aflixed two short straps to which straps in turn are affixed the sockets or female portions of the fasteners E.

The straps C (two in number) are adjustable as to length by means of suitable clasps orbuckles f, are looped upon the belt A at their rear (upper) ends, while their front (lower) ends are equipped with the sockets or female portions of the fasteners E, by means of which they are secured to the truss-plates A by pressing the socket or female portions of the said fasteners E afiixed thereto onto and over the male portions of the fasteners E afiixed in the plate A.

The clamp-bolt F is not unlike those commonly used, consisting of an eXteriorly-threaded shaft portion adapted to engagement with the interiorly threaded nut longitudinally movable within the transverse slit of the pad D. For convenience its head portion is provided with a swiveled ring, bymeans of which it'may be rotated in securing or releasing the said pads D. It will be seen that by having continuous openings in the plate A it is not necessary at any time to remove the clamp-bolt therefrom in adjusting the pads D to their multitudinous adjustments, but simply loosen the same in moving the pad to the desired position and then tightening the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a trussplate formed with two parallel longitudinal slots connected by a transverse slot, a clamping-bolt adapted to slide in said slots, in combination with the pad formed with a transverse slit through which said bolt extends, and a nut on the threaded end of said bolt.

FRANK M. (JROLlUS.

Witnesses:

BEN SooTT, O. E. MoEN. 

